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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-07-10

Bellaire Accommodation 100 .. m.
Zancsville Accommodation leaves Wheeling ~
$50 q. m. daily.
H. ClaIrvilie accommodation, leaves Wheel.
Ing at $50 q m, 2:lb and SEQ y m. Rrtnrninf,
arrives AT Wheeling at l03S =, m, l2p ard h5J r.
m, daily except Sunday.
Train leaving az $50 q. m, and lib y. m,
through W Cincinnati withon chai,gs, with
sleeper through to GDcinnati on night train.
Columbus Accommodations leaves Whcelin. II
2-h p. m. bellairc a. 3D7 p. m daily exnerd suii'
day.
Chicago Limited leaving at . IS y. IN. has sleep
Ing car for Chicago out NJ Wheeling
Moundsville Accommodation leaves wheeling
at 100 IN. and arrives ri Noundsvtlle 81 l2th
p. m, daily except sunday.
RAirrnont Accommodation leaves at %.l0 p. m.
Through coach from wheeling Va CipsiniEii
daily on No. 8, leaving wheeling ~ 80 . IA, ~.
irving II Cincinnati At $40 p. m.
b. n O. sleeping carr on all through trsinh
Close connection made for all points South and
Southwest North and Northwest, making this .
desirable route for ~colouists and pcisons moving
70 the great west, and " whom particular atteD.
ton In given.
Tickets 70 all principal points on .ele ~ dcpo,
Sleeping car accommodations can be sscurd u
Depot Ticket Ofirs.
T. q BURKE,
Ticket Agent y. Il Depot
JOHN RAiLIk
Ticket Agent, under hcIIur- Hobsc.
JOHN T.. LANE, Tray. Passenger Agept.
G. X. LORD, Gen. PAsA Agent
wM. N. CEEMENTs, Manager, Baltimore, Nd
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-07-10

il likewise an instance of the failure of a
great place for the people, and Olympia
bids fair to be another. And why? Be
cause the people of London prefer idiotic
songs and variety performance. The old
fashioned music hall, with a presiding
officer. such a. the one Mr.. Hal Hurst
sketched for me ut the Royal Holborn, is
always crammed full. Here n man tells
about 1.-Two Lovely Black Eyes" or a
fellow dressed us as n cOuntryman, with
his hand to his nose, in a most ''inglorious
manner" as Artemus Ward would say,
sings a song, the chorus of which | am able
to remember:
They SAYS, sing mate, your fortune you'll make,
With three acres Of land and n cav;
But il gives I the hump, for hatnt such achump
As to swallow their CANNON just now.
A well proPOrtioned British blonde,
dressed Mp a. q masher, is generally well
applauded, while q fellow in the character
of a London pot-man, or barman, sang:
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-07-10
The Difference.

R,AebOth SHaGGy Herald.
my darling, you do not bestow upon
me 80 much affection as you did before we
were married" observed a little wife to a
husband.
Don't -" observed the monster.
mo, Johnnie, you do not; You pay very
little attention 10 me now, said She.
''well, my dear, ! viii be q little more
considerate Of your feelings in the future,
but did you ever know 0 man to run after
a horse ear after he had eaught it3"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-07-10
DrTTsBURG, CINCINNATI AND ST.
IL LOUIS RAILROAD Co,

May s3d, 1857, trains leave Wheeling, Cen
Standard Time: For ~stenhenville and Pitts.
buHh, 6:3s Q. m, la;S5 p N $40 p. m. Fer
Steubenville, sos p. m. The 6:S C. 70. and
sos p m. trains make direct connection Tor
Columbus Cincinnati. indianapolis and Chicago.
The 1855 p. m. train makes direct connection
for Columbus and Chicago. Trains arrive 81
wheeling at Sis q m, D q. m, 81 p. m. INC
800 p. m. my'
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-07-10

Just fancy the miSSuS in tights,
A standing before the fOoulghtS; =
And the people would roar,
And they'd roll on the door,
Hthey saw the old woman in tights
And they did roar. The amount OF fun
John Bull gets per stanzs out Of this sort
of verse is appalling, though | am obliged
TO leave some amusing specimens of music
hall songs for another letter.
ROBERT =. PORTER.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-07-10
LOVE.

G. ". Graft, IN IHLer- OCEAN.
loves the same in every cline.
Realm and nation, tribe and time.
And its sameness lies in this,
That il giveth pain and bliss
Pain that's bliss and bliss that pain,
Mingling both like droTs Of rain.
Morn that's night and night that's morn,
Both q flower and a thorn.
Sweet and bitter, bitter sweet,
Line where JOY and sorrow meet.
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l~IiPatI0tITtl lTTllCTHI
U OVER HALF | nIllaI lSTlIDuITl
Louisiana State Lottery Company.

Loulsidnd ot6to L0story OSnpaAys
4. incorporated In ls6s for IS yeaas by the Lessla.
ture for Educational and Charitable purpoees-
with a capital OF 8 ,ooo,oo-to which . reserve
fund Of over $50, 00 has since been added.
BY an overwhelming popular vote is franchise
was made Q part OF the present State Constitu-
hon adopted December ID, A. d. 1873.
Thu only Lottery ever voted on and endorsed
by the people of any State.
II never scales or postpones.
Its Grand single Number DraWingu
take place monthly, and the S~emf-annual
Drawings regularly every six months June and
Decemberl.
Asplendid opportunity TO win q fortune. Sey,
enth Grand Drawing. Class q, In the Academy N
Music, New Orleans, Tuesday, Jaly IN,
lsS7-206th Monthly Drawing.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-07-10
THE PEOPLE AT PLAY.
A VISIT TO ENTT-FIyBTYPICAL LONDON
MUSIC HALLS.
The Songs That are Sung and toe People Who Co
Popular Taste Distinguish to the Alex
andrs Palaos-Ausie Hall Types
Popular Songs
ICopyrghted.l

lNopNrlShleN.I
Syecidl Correspondence u tie S4addy Register.
LONDON, July l.-LonGon's music halls
What kind Of n place are they? Who at
tends them? What sort of entertainment
does the public get at these places? What
have they to DO with the Toilers of Lon
don? These are some Of the questions that
naturally arise IS enter upon a somewhat
novel subject. To understand the social
life Of the ToilerS Of London We must know
how the people play u well as how they
work. The amusement of y people are
more or lcS Typical OF their characters.
let us hope in the present instance less,
for thu rubbish given out nightly in the
London music halls, under the guise of
popular entertainment, almost surpasses
belief. Judged alone from the majority OF
this class of entertainment one would think
that the present generation of LOndoners had
sunk 50 low that wit without yulgarity and
obscene horsePlay was not appreciated,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-07-10

EPPS!'!$S, COCOA.

by q thorough knowledge of the natural avs
which govern the operations OF digestion and
nutrition, and by a careful application Of the
fine properties OF well-selected Cocoa, Mr.. Epps
has provided our breakfast tables with a deli.
cately favored beverage which may save IA
many heavy doctors bills. II is by the judiciou,
use OF such articles Of diet that q constitution
may be gradually built up until strong enough 70
resist every tendency 70 disease. Hundreds OF
subtle naladies are floating around us ready 10
attack wherever there is a weak point. We may
escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves
well fortified with pure blood and a properly
nOurikhed frame. "-Lfrii Service Gnoois.
Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold
only In half pound tins by Grocers, labelled thus.
JAMES EppS& CO, homeopathic CHEMISTS.
iaIscdATI1 Tn london. kaginnd
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Scientific.
Ddrost Free Press.

Miler's son. Just returned from college
Father, do you believe the centre of that
shaft is turnings Pointing toa revolving
shaft
Miller-No, i know it isn't.
Son ~(somewhat disconcerted) En-
but can you explain why it doesn'ts
Miller-Certainly-it is hollow.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-07-10
ANXIETY.
"Ernncis,, ia Salen Tfa.es.

"FrdRcis'' m Salem Times.
What would I care for cheeks Of rose.
Did | but know her heart were mine
Their color comes, their color goes,
And bushes are q Doubtful sign.
Nor would | mind those rOguiSh eyes
That shun my o~ver-Zealous gaze,
Could l but look beyond the skies,
And learn all loves mysterious ways.
And naught should seem to me unkind
In life's alternate Joy and wee,
That only secret Of her mird,
Did ] bnt knoH-did l but know.
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AND rITTsBuRa DIvIsIoS.

UyHEKLIsa AND rITTsBURa DIvIsIoS.
On and s16r May -, 1871, passenger trains will
run o. i~ollows-Central Standard time:
DEPARrUEl
For Ptulurg-S0 .. m, daily; $40 q n, daily;
les p. N. daily, and 100 p. N, daily.
For wNhingtnn-S:D .. m. daily exost< Snn.
Day.
ARkIvAA.
From Pitsturg $40 4 q, daily: Ills q N.
and 656 p. IN, daily except sunday; lilo ?. y.
daily.
Prom wash~ingtou-s6oa. N. daily sJnep. sun.
g. X. LORD, General Passenger Agent.
J. v. PATTON, super dent, PittbuSKh. y
j.. 7. LANE, Travelling Agent wheeling.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-07-10

sunday trains On 7, 30. Ry- arrive q chsaep
I, q Point Pleasant fsis b b shon ilns md
p.riss I~orshaing teEs. shcsh 10 aet.
tf0n regarding The n1c1 rDutes, &C., addrom
W.. J. nOBrMo6n,
6<nefn1 RnaneuE0 Aren't
p~akeuburx. ~. Va
: yHKD. HpoufkM,
fnveiing Pnns<n0er Aegah
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Railroads.
CLEVELAND & PITTsBURG R. r.


Under schedule In effect May ., 1857, trains
leave bridgeport, Ohio, Central Standard m
For Pittsburgh and Cleveland. $40 q m, liz
D. m. For Pittsburgh, 1o:l7 = m. For Wells
vile, <:l2 p m. For Steubenville, S;S q m.
For Martins Ferry, 6t5 q m Trains arrive 81
Bridgeport At 7:S 4 m, lossa q m. 2S p m,
asa p. m, 5:l9 p. m. myH
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.M1aaa@@s
~
ConnimisnNs.

We the undersigned Banh and Banker win
pay all Prizes drawn in The Louisiana state Lot.
teries which may be presented a. our counters.
j. n. OGLESBY. Pres Louisiana NATL Q
PIERRE LANAUX. Pres State NATL Bank.
A.RALDWIN. PreS New Orleans Nat9 Bank,
CARL KOHN, PreSt. Union National Bank.
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WILL YOU NOTE THESE
|mportantF:acts}


1. The WHEELING WEEKLY
REGISTER now ranks with the
largest papers I'm the United
states. Full OF Original Stories,
News, illustrations and Gossip.
EVERYBODY READS 1T.
2. Its corps Of correspondents
covers every county I'm the State.
3. IL has q special reporter al
Charleston, and ALI the news %.
curing at the State Capital will
be promptly reported In full by
telegraph and letter.
4. The WEEKLY REGISTER
and Geographical and Political
Map Of West Virginia will be
sent one year for sI.2S.
s. The WEEKLY REGISTER
and Atlas or the World will be
sent one year for 81. 80. Speci.
men Copies OF the RRGIsTER,
sent free On application.
8. Any one sending I've dollars
will receive the Registers Per.
feet Map Of West Virginia Free,
and five copies or the Weekly
Register for one year, sent 70 any
address. A Club OF ten and IN
extra copy, 10 getter up OF club
for ten dollars.
2. The live stock, wool, pro.
duee and grain markets will ron.
Time full and reliable.
Address,
WEST VA. PRINTING CO.,
Wheeling, W. We.
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Or; n. A. DAUPHIN,
Washington, ID. q.
Address Registered Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK
. New Orleans, -.

REMEMBER that the presence Of Generals
Beaurcgard and Early, who are In charge OF the
drawings, Is a guarantee of absolute fairness and
integrity, that the chances are all equal, and
that no one can possibly divine what number
will draw a prize.
EMEunE lnat me payment OF All ffDes
Ii GUARANTEED BY fOUR NATION.
AL BANKS Of New Orleans, and the Tickets
are signed by the President Of an Institution,
whose chartered rights are recognized In the
highest Courts; therefore. beware Of any imita.
ions or anenvmons schemes. jul5ewASQt
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-07-10

No. 571.-An Enigma.
What sprite of the woodland is this gaily run
Now peeping, now gliding unseen.
Glad things Of the forest to welcome her coming
All clothe them in garments Of green.
She ereets and caresses the flags and the grasses,
And gathers white lilies so rare.
The blue-bells are swinging wherever she passes
And fiutters the fine m~aiden-hair
The trees and the breezes are whispering over;
And showering incense around.
Now dreamy and silent reposes the rover,
As If charmed by the slumberous sound
But son in the distance an echo is falling,
That tells Of the rocks and glen.
The sprite of the woodland swakes n the calling
And swiftly is running again. .
Come forth, ye mortals, and give hera greeting.
Who catches her spirit viii fain
Seek over and over TO hold q glad meeting.
And sing st the sound Of her name SEA.
No. 572.-Transposition.
With feminine grace, from her ancient place,
She round our human hearts will coil.
Touching with beauty the pathway Of duty,
With music she lightens our toll. BEE
No. 5TS.--A Lesson I'm Zoology.
VI NASSe
1. An animal allied to the hedgehog.
2 A genus Of brachyural decapodous crus-
taceans.
5. Acarnivorous mammal, family Procyonidae.
4. A class of animalcules that can bedesiecat-
ed, kept for months, and still be revived by mois-
ture.
S. The Wild goat OF the Pyrenees
6. A genus OF monotrematons, toothless NAM
mails.
I. A carniyorons mammal, family Mustelidae.
s. A genus Of insects having large wings, head
and eyes, and q long body.
3. The spotted adder.
10. The birthstone butterflies.
Primals, down, an animal remarkable for
going into the ground after burrowing animals.
Finals, down, an animal, family Felidae,
found in North America, of gray color, with a
wash Of black, and its ears tipped with pencil
like tufts of black hair. K. X. Eus.
-
No 514.-Double Letter Enigma.
The threatening clouds encompass now
The thirsty earth in sultry fold;
They ''mutter loud" and clash and sough,
And "blow in fury" like u scold;
And dart their lightning Chances down
Upon the "hushed and trembling" earth;
They rage and swirl and growl and frown.
And then they send their fountains forth.
A. L.
-
No. 5S5.--In Numerous Regions.
In the sleeping brooE; IN the .loW-Denuln8 trees
In the velyety turf; In the cool rushing breezs;.
In the wild thunder storm Of the hot July day;
In the cherry checked girls and the childeSn at
play; :,
In the clover. fields sweet; In the soft orchard
grass;
In the rose-leaves that fall at our feet as we pass.
K.
No. 516.-A Diamond.
/. A letter. . A low sound. 3. A body Of
men, 4. Heavy fabrics. 5. Fine linen clothes.
6. A body of men formed to act as an individual.
z. Eficacious. S. Pertaining 10 military quarters.
Q. To sneak. 10. A cowl. IL. A letter.
Ell EN- DEE.
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SPHINX KNOTS.

Anycommunication for ihisdepartmsnt should
be addressed to Z. r. C~HApBouRs, Lewistown, Me.
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Capital Prize. $50, o

2,l79 Prizes, amounting TO ........................SS5,0 o
Application for rates 10 clubs should be made
only 70 the Office Of the Company IN New Or
leans.
For further information write clearly, giving
full address. POSTAL NOTES, Express
Money 0rderso OF New York Exchange In ordinary
letter, Currency by express (st our expense) I'D.
dressed
N. A. DAUPHlN,
Nov Orleans, La
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Mamie's Telegram.

Answers will be published in two weeks.
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No. 51I.-A Transpositlon.
The "stormagent" is the ship
I'm going 70 write about;
And how the captain, trhole was he,
A whaling once came out.
Into the North Atlantic then .
This vessel good did sail;
The captain walking changed one day
Espied a monstrous whale.
This monster Of the deep ere long
The singing harpoonS feel;
He sunk-he rose-and then a boat
He struck; upturned its keel.
The captains boat ii was, but where,
o, where was he? You see
never asked. and no one cared
To know, or tell tc me. MACK.
~
56.-Buckle.
5~57.-Chouse, house, ouse, use.
49, K L b X ! e | A \
s A s o 5
] l. L $
Mt
Sa.-Tears. The king was David--Psaln
. V /: the poet WAS Moore in Paradise and tn
59O.-No-t.
56l-Endive.
5d2.--Thc weather.
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England, being an Island, they argued,
its inhabitants were necessarily Interested
in the sea aud it's inhabitants. But the
rocSney did not see 1t. \ stuity little
music hall, filled with tobacco smoke, and
tho 4h,rpa.
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capitaI Prize, 10000

CRD1f0I PTIx6, tIOOsOOOs
.sWe DO hereby certify that We a1pervtse the
arrsneemeuts for all the Monthly and 6eni-An-
nusl IJravfnes ofthe Louixana state LOttery Com-
psny. and In person manage and control the
drsxines themselves, and that the sAme are con
Quoted with honesty, fairness, and u GOD feitn
ID usa thiE certificate, With fac1dmiies OF our sig
na;crss attached. IN lis Advertisements"
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BALTIMORE AND ONO RAILROAD CON
y PAW, On and after May -. lSsi, pssepgef
viii run a. follows-wheeling. IS Meridian /;
weSt Of River, Central time:
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No. 5;5.--In Numerous REGIONS,

In the sleeping brook; In the low-bending trees;
In the velvety turf; In the cool rushing breeze.
In the wild thunder storm Of the hot July day;
In the cherry checked girls and the childeSn at
play; -,
In the clover. fields sweet; In the sot orchard
grass;
In the rose-leaves that fall at our feet as we pass.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-10-21
AM AND DEMOCRAT BIOOMSBURG COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA
Buying Curios in China.

Later experience taught us that the
curio man asks about FIVE times az
much az he is prepared to accept for
his wares. Making choice and get.
ting your man into proper frame Of
mind to see as you do, as regards his
profit, intelligently occupies about one.
half of the cultured diplomats time.
The curio chosen, ths first thing to dc
is to take your man into the house
separating him from his fellows that he
may not have their moral COURAGE tc
uphold him. For the lot you make
your offer, be disdainfully refuses, and
begins briskly packing up. When ev
erything is nearly slowed away, he
asks, as if there had never been any
question of it before, "How much 2
You again offer, and with long-drawr
"No.' he once more unpacks that ht
may tempt you. Seeing you remair
firm and take no more notice of him
with tragic air he deposits the thing,
at your feet, and gives you to under
stand that he has made you a present
of them; that you are hardened sin
ner; it has cost him his life's blood, ,bu
he had no choice. With an ] o U fo
the amount and deep DOW he ha
gone, and you find yourself collecto
10 embryo with the costly disease firml!
clutching you.-C. b. ADAMS, in th'
american Magazine for October.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-10-21

Wall, the minute / sot down, before
! begun my business or anything, Miss
Petingill took me to do about putin
in Miss Bibbins President of our Mis-
sionary Society for the relief Of lndig'
nent Heathens.
The Blbbins'es are good, very good,
out poor.
Says Miss Petingill: at seems to
me as IL there might be some other
woman put iu, that would have had
more influence on the Church."
SAYS |, "Hain't Miss Bibbins good
Christian sister, and great worker =
"Why yes, she wuz good, good in
her place. But," she said, "tbe Petin-
gills hadn't never associated with the
Bibbins'es."
And l asked her if she s'posed that
would make any difference with the
heathen; il the heather would be apt
to think less OF Miss Bibbins because
she hadn't associated with the Petin-
gillsi
And che said, che didn't s'pose 'the
heathens would ever know II; it might
make some difference TO 'em if they
did," she thought, "for it couldn't be
denied she said, 'that Miss Bibbins
did not move in the first circles OF
Jonesville.'
1t had been my doin's putin Miss
.Bibbins IN, and took it right to home
she meant to have me, and ! asked hel
if she thought the Lord would con
demn Miss Bibbins on the last day, be
cause she hadn't moved in the first
circles of Jonesville
And Miss Petingill tossed her head
little, but had to own up, that she
thought HE wouldn't
"Wall them" seq /, "do you spost
the Lord has any objections to hel
workin' for Him nowf'
"Wby no / don't know as the Lore
would object"
"Wall,' says /, "we call this worl
the Lords work, and if He is satisfied
with Miss Bbbins, we ort to be. y
From ".Samantha at Saratoga" b.
Josiah Aliens WVe.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-10-21
How a Gull Opens CLANS.

''I had very singular experience last
Sunday" said tradesman, whose shop
in Oakland is adorned by the sign, "Orni-
theological Rarities," but who, on pinch,
would sell dog or q rabbit. II was
walking on the beach, not very far from
the Cliff house, and had just noticed that
an usually large number of sea gulls were
flying over the sands, when hard sub
stance struck me violently upon the head
and staggered me. Luckily my hat was
very thick and am blessed with tolera-
bly, solid skull. So soon recovered my
self, and was looking about to ascertain
what had hit me, when was greatly
startled by weird and ghostly futtering
of wings foot above me. A great gray
gull had narrowly escaped alighting upon
NV shoulders. He Just succeeded in check
ing his impetuous descent as his feet al
most touched Inc. With queer kind OF
half frightened cry he was again into the
air. But what had brought him SO close
to met / soon found out Lying on the
sand was the thing that had given me
that blow upon the head. 1t was a large
black mussel, and the sea gull had dropped
1t from dizzy height upon my unoffend-
ing scalp.
have studied the habits Of these
birds pretty carefully, and l know very
wen why ne mao QOue IL. nc was lying
to get at his dinner, and as the shell OF
the mussel was still unbroken, and
wished to see him try again, walked a
couple OF hundred yards away and then
turned to watch his movements See-
T ing that the coast was clear, he quickly
flew back to the place where the mussel
had faMen, seized it in his beak and, again
rising high into the air, he let 1t drop.
He followed it closely as 1t fell, keeping
almost beside it during the greater part OF
the descent, and only moderating his
downward rush when he was in danger OF
dashing himself upon the beach. The
mussel struck the sand, but the shell was
still unbroken, and, indeed, it was very
evident to me that the soft ground that
received it would never lay 1t open Their
/ flung the mussel to distance, and thu
| gull, seeming to take this as a hint tha
my head was not chopping block, seizet
his troublesome delicacy and flew away
I saw him turn little inland rise onc'
more to great height, dart swiftly dow
and then wing his way out to sea;
| found that many stones lay at the piac
of his last descent; 30, doubtless, his per
severance was at length rewarded, and b
had gone of to some lonely rock to dine.
| San Francisco